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Types of Bites

Black Widow Spider Bites
Black Widow Spider Bites

Black Widow Spider Bite Facts Of the 30,000 types of spiders, the black widow is probably the one best known and feared. Although spiders are often blamed for all kinds of symptoms, from local itching to diffuse rashes, the fact is that spiders rarely bite humans, and in fact, most spider bites do not even break the skin.

Brown Recluse Spider Bites
Brown Recluse Spider Bites

Brown recluse spider bites often go unnoticed initially because they are usually painless bites. Occasionally, some minor burning that feels like a bee sting is noticed at the time of the bite and a small white blister develops at the site of the bite.

Deadly Brown Recluse Spiders
Deadly Brown Recluse Spiders

Brown recluse bite. The brown recluse has a venomous bite, and anyone bitten should seek immediate emergency medical help, according to the National Institutes of Health. Like most spiders, the brown recluse typically only bites when disturbed — though it is possible to inadvertently threaten them.

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Itchy Head Lice
Itchy Head Lice

Head lice affect the scalp. Pubic lice (also called “crabs”) affect your genital area. Body lice affect other areas of the body and are often found in seams of clothing. This article will focus on head lice, a very common condition among kids in elementary and middle school. About 6 million to 12 million of them get it every year.

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Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is an infection that is transmitted through the bite of a tick infected with a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. Ticks typically get the bacterium by biting infected animals, like deer and mice.

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Poisonous Black Widow Spiders
Poisonous Black Widow Spiders

Black Widow Spider Bites. The female black widow spider, though it is the most venomous spider in North America, seldom causes death as it injects a very small amount of poison when it bites. Reports indicate human mortality at well less than 1% from black widow spider bites.

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Ticks
Ticks

What other bites resemble a tick bite? Tick bites are often easy to identify. This is because the tick can remain attached to the skin for up to ten days after it first bites. Most tick bites are harmless and will cause no physical signs or symptoms. Only certain types of ticks transmit disease. Tick bites are typically singular because ticks don’t bite in groups or lines.

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